Present Passive 1 He ______________ (offer) a new job last week. 2 The bridge ______________ (blow off) yesterday.

3 This novel ______________ (write) by Hemingway. !lies ______________ ("at"h) by s#iders. $ %ll the trees ______________ ("&t) down yesterday. ' (e ______________ (tell) to go home now. ) Their #&rse ______________ (steal) yesterday night in the dis"o. * +ain ______________(hold) &# by fog. , He ______________ (throw) o&t of the bar a week ago. 1- Pigs ______________(&se) to find tr&ffels. 11 The old theatre ______________ (reo#en) last !riday. 12 .he ______________ (ask) abo&t the a""ident by the #oli"e yesterday. 13 +otten eggs ______________(throw) at him last month in /ristol. 1 0i"e ______________("at"h) by "ats. 1$ 1 ______________ (often 2 ask) for her address.

Active / Passive Verb Forms .enten"es "an be a"tive or #assive. Therefore3 tenses also have 4a"tive forms4 and 4#assive forms.4 5o& m&st learn to re"ogni6e the differen"e to s&""essf&lly s#eak 7nglish. Active Form 1n a"tive senten"es3 the thing doing the a"tion is the s&bje"t of the senten"e and the thing re"eiving the a"tion is the obje"t. 0ost senten"es are a"tive. 8Thing doing a"tion9 : 8verb9 : 8thing re"eiving a"tion9

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Passive Form 1n #assive senten"es3 the thing re"eiving the a"tion is the s&bje"t of the senten"e and the thing doing the a"tion is o#tionally in"l&ded near the end of the senten"e. 5o& "an &se the #assive form if yo& think that the thing re"eiving the a"tion is more im#ortant or sho&ld be em#hasi6ed. 5o& "an also &se the #assive form if yo& do not know who is doing the a"tion or if yo& do not want to mention who is doing the a"tion. 8Thing re"eiving a"tion9 : 8be9 : 8#ast #arti"i#le of verb9 : 8by9 : 8thing doing a"tion9 7;am#les<

Active / Passive Overview %"tive .im#le Present Present >ontin&o&s .im#le Past =n"e a week3 Tom cleans the ho&se. +ight now3 .arah is writing the letter. .am repaired the "ar. Passive =n"e a week3 the ho&se is cleaned by Tom. +ight now3 the letter is being written by .arah. The "ar was repaired by .am.

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The salesman was helping the "&stomer when the thief "ame into the store. 0any to&rists have visited that "astle. +e"ently3 ?ohn has been doing the work. @eorge had repaired many "ars before he re"eived his me"hani"As li"ense. >hef ?ones had been preparing the resta&rantAs fantasti" dinners for two years before he moved to Paris. .omeone will finish the work by $<-- P0. .ally is going to make a bea&tif&l dinner tonight. %t *<-- P0 tonight3 ?ohn will be washing the dishes.

The "&stomer was being helped by the salesman when the thief "ame into the store. That "astle has been visited by many to&rists. +e"ently3 the work has been being done by ?ohn. 0any "ars had been repaired by @eorge before he re"eived his me"hani"As li"ense. The resta&rantAs fantasti" dinners had been being prepared by >hef ?ones for two years before he moved to Paris. The work will be finished by $<-- P0. % bea&tif&l dinner is going to be made by .ally tonight. %t *<-- P0 tonight3 the dishes will be being washed by ?ohn.

Present Perfe"t Present Perfe"t >ontin&o&s

Past Perfe"t

Past Perfe"t >ontin&o&s .im#le !&t&re will .im#le !&t&re be going to !&t&re >ontin&o&s will !&t&re >ontin&o&s be going to !&t&re Perfe"t will !&t&re Perfe"t be going to !&t&re Perfe"t >ontin&o&s will

%t *<-- P0 tonight3 ?ohn is going to be washing the dishes. They will have completed the #roje"t before the deadline. They are going to have completed the #roje"t before the deadline. The famo&s artist will have been painting the m&ral for over si; months by the time it is finished.

%t *<-- P0 tonight3 the dishes are going to be being washed by ?ohn. The #roje"t will have been completed before the deadline. The #roje"t is going to have been completed before the deadline. The m&ral will have been being painted by the famo&s artist for over si; months by the time it is finished.

!&t&re Perfe"t >ontin&o&s be going to Bsed to (o&ld %lways !&t&re in the Past Would !&t&re in the Past Was Going to

The famo&s artist is going to have been painting the m&ral for over si; months by the time it is finished. ?erry used to pay the bills. 0y mother would always make the #ies. 1 knew ?ohn would finish the work by $<-- P0.

The m&ral is going to have been being painted by the famo&s artist for over si; months by the time it is finished. The bills used to be paid by ?erry. The #ies would always be made by my mother. 1 knew the work would be finished by $<-- P0.

1 tho&ght .ally was going to make a bea&tif&l dinner tonight.

1 tho&ght a bea&tif&l dinner was going to be made by .ally tonight.